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Far-right poised for big gains in Swedish election

STOCKHOLM -- Sweden is holding a general election Sunday, the first since the country took in a record number of migrants from the Middle East and Africa in 2015 on top of the hundreds of thousands admitted before. While the…

French rebel priest takes on church hierarchy over sex abuse

SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France -- When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal's handling of child sex-abuse cases, is that an act of backstabbing against the institution he serves or a brave solo effort…

Landmark ruling decriminalizes homosexual acts in India

Indian members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community celebrate the Supreme Court decision to strike down a colonial-era ban on gay sex, in Mumbai, Sept. 6, 2018. Getty NEW DELHI -- India's top court on Thursday…

Missing Pregnant Teen Found Safe in Tennessee

After a statewide Amber Alert was issued for a missing pregnant teenager, officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have announced that the teen has been found safe. 16 year old Destiny Faith Aldridge was found unharmed in Portland, Tennessee…

THP urging drivers to stay off phone

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is telling drivers to put down their phones and drive. That's after a serious accident in Bradley County Tuesday. Distracted driving has already caused close to 12,000 crashes in the state of…

Deadly suicide blast tears through Afghan sports hall

Afghan security forces stand guard near the main gate of Paghman district compound after a suicide bomb attack, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, in a 2015 file photo. REUTERS A deadly suicide bombing hit a sports club in western Kabul on…

Trump to chair UN Security Council meeting on Iran

United Nations Security Council, FILE photo Neptuul, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump will chair a Security Council meeting on Iran during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York this…

22 people missing as boat sinks in northeast India

A passenger ferry crosses as rescuers search in the Brahmaputra River after a boat capsized on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Sept. 5, 2018. AP GAUHATI, India -- Police were searching Wednesday for 22 people who were missing after a…

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